Accuracy of diagnosis of retained products of conception after dilation and evacuation

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Maslovitz, Sharon ^a,b   Almog, Benjamin ^a   Mimouni, Galit Sheffer ^a   Jaffa, Ariel ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Many, Ariel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abortion; Recurettage; Residua

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

DILATION; GESTATIONAL TISSUES;

ULTRASONICS;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURETTAGE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; RETAINED CONCEPTION PRODUCT; RETAINED PLACENTA; SKILL; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS REEVACUATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

EID: 2942560182     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.6.749     Document Type: Article

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